Asset Team Lead (ATL), Skeletal Conditions Business Unit

BioMarin seeks a Senior Asset Team Lead for its Skeletal Conditions Business Unit in Switzerland to drive strategic asset management and cross-functional collaboration.

BioMarin’s cross-functional Asset Teams operate with urgency to secure approval and reimbursement for transformative medicines without compromising quality. The Asset Team Leader acts as the central point of accountability for a specific asset, uniting diverse expertise to define direction, navigate tradeoffs, and accelerate the delivery of life-changing treatments to patients while generating sustainable organizational value.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute an integrated asset strategy that aligns with Business Unit priorities, portfolio objectives, and BioMarin’s enterprise goals.
• Shape the strategy across the asset lifecycle, from development through commercialization and lifecycle management.
• Evaluate opportunities, risks, and tradeoffs to inform critical decisions and optimize long-term value creation.
• Ensure alignment between strategic priorities, resource allocation, timelines, and financial plans.
• Lead a high-performing Asset Team representing diverse functions and perspectives.
• Create alignment around strategic priorities, key decisions, and execution plans.
• Foster an environment of trust, transparency, accountability, and productive debate.
• Build strong partnerships across the organization to ensure timely escalation and resolution of business-critical issues.
• Drive timely, high-quality decision-making through governance forums, business reviews, and executive interactions.
• Serve as the primary champion and advocate for the asset.
• Communicate strategy, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to executive leadership and other stakeholders.
• Ensure decisions reflect both near-term objectives and long-term enterprise value.
• Translate strategy into coordinated action across the organization.
• Establish priorities and create accountability for achievement of key milestones and strategic deliverables.
• Monitor progress, anticipate obstacles, and adapt plans to maximize asset value and patient impact.
• Drive a sense of urgency while maintaining a commitment to scientific rigor, quality, and compliance.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, healthcare, or a related industry.
• 5+ years of experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives or teams in a matrixed environment.
• Demonstrated success influencing decisions, driving alignment, and delivering results across multiple functions.

Nice to have

• Experience in product development, commercialization, medical affairs, portfolio strategy, business leadership, or related disciplines.
• Experience leading an Asset Team or similarly complex cross-functional organization.
• Understanding of the biopharmaceutical product lifecycle from development through commercialization and lifecycle management.

About the company

• BioMarin is a leading rare disease biotechnology company focused on genetically defined conditions.
• The company is guided by a purpose to develop medicines that make a profound impact on people’s lives.
• The company delivers therapies for conditions like achondroplasia, PKU, CLN2, Batten disease, MPS, Fabry disease, and Pompe disease.
• The commercial team is part of the worldwide infrastructure that gets drugs to underserved patients around the world.